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Challenging Power Around the Globe: Political Resistance and Protest IS 817 (4)
Examines various forms of resistance and protest, including everyday resistance and organized activism, with an emphasis on civil resistance. Investigates the conditions and outcomes of protest, focusing on a range of cases which may include Solidarity in Poland, the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and the American Civil Rights Movement. Students with credit for IS 305 or IS 808 under the title "Challenging Power Around the Globe: Political Resistance and Protest" may not take this course for further credit.